Mi Gorda Bella
| Mi Gorda Bella | |
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| Also known as | My Sweet Fat Valentina |
| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by | Carolina Espada |
| Starring |
Natalia Streignard Juan Pablo Raba Norkys Batista Jerónimo Gil. |
| Country of origin | Venezuela |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes |
178 180 (International version) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Leonor Sardi Aguilera |
| Running time | 46 minutes |
| Distributor | RCTV International |
| Release | |
| Original network | Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) |
| Original release | November 20, 2002 – September 26, 2003 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
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Mi Gorda Bella (My Sweet Fat Valentina) (2002–2003) is a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. This telenovela lasted 178 episodes and was distributed internationally by RCTV International.
Natalia Streignard and Juan Pablo Raba star as the protagonists, while Hilda Abrahamz star as the main antagonist.
Valentina and Orestes - They are cousins who fall in love when Valentina comes to live in Orestes' house once she graduates from High School. The house that they live in is rightfully Valentina's. Her mother and father owned it - but they were both secretly killed by Olimpia. They are the main characters of the show - Valentina is an overweight girl and Orestes is the perfect man.
Olimpia Mercouri de Villanueva Main Villain - mother of Orestes. She's a bad woman who has fooled her husband and children to think she's a good mother and wife. She hates Valentina - and placed into doubt Orestes' real father. (Valentina and Orestes end up not being related at all)
Juan Angel Villanueva - he's Olimpia's husband, father to Orestes, Pandora, Ariadna and Aquiles. He's brother to Valentina's dead father Luis Felipe (Luis Felipe was killed by Olimpia, his sister in-law). So he's Valentina's uncle. He loves his niece and his children but he's been such a busy man that he's failed to see Olimpia's true face. Recently he's realized that Tza Tza "SaSa" has been in love with him all of her life.
Tza Tza "Sasa" Lanz - she's Valentina's aunt, her sister Eva Lanz was killed by Olimpia. She's a very loving person whose only family is Valentina and she'll do anything for her. She owns "la pension" - it's a large modest home that has over 5 rooms. She rents them out but she's so nice she takes in people who can't pay and finds herself in financial debt.
Franklin Carreño - he's an honest cop who fell in love with Valentina from the moment he first met her. He sees her inner goodness and he gets very upset when people try to take advantage of her sweetness. He's suspected for a while that Orestes might feel more for Valentina than mere friendship. He agrees to date Valentina at her request so people would stop teasing her about being in love with Orestes. While in their fake relationship, he really falls in love with her and breaks it off when he knows he's being used. Still, he defends Valentina. One drunk night ends him in bed with Chiqui - that will begin their relationship. He's also investigating Eva's death (Valentina's mother).
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